Pixel

English

Etymology

pix, pictures + el(ement); often taken to be a blend of “picture” and “element”, but this does not account for the x. First attested 1965

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪksəl

Noun

Pixel (plural Pixels)

1. One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory.

Synonyms

• pel (rare)

Translations

one of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a computer's memory

Arabic: بكسل (ar) (bíksil) m. Belarusian: піксэль (be) (píksel’) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 像素 (cmn) (xiàngsù) Croatian: piksel (hr) m. Danish: pixel (da) Dutch: pixel (nl) Esperanto: rastrumero (eo), pikselo (eo), bildopunkto (eo), bildero (eo) Finnish: pikseli (fi), kuvapiste (fi) French: pixel (fr) m. German: Pixel (de) n., Bildpunkt (de) m., Bildelement (de) n.

Hungarian: képpont (hu) Icelandic: díll m., myndeining f., punktur m. Italian: pixel (it) m. Japanese: ピクセル (ja) (pikuseru), 画素 (ja) (gaso), 絵素 (ja) (eso) Korean: 화소 (ko) (hwaso), 픽셀 (ko) (piksel) Polish: piksel (pl) Russian: пиксель (ru) (píksel') m. Sindhi: عَڪسِل f. Spanish: píxel (es) m. Swedish: pixel (sv) Ukrainian: піксель (uk) (píksel’) m. Walloon: picsel

Derived terms

See also

megapixel pixelated, pixellated pixelation

pixelization subpixel voxel texel

See also

• triangle

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French

Etymology

From English

Noun

Pixel m. (plural Pixels)

1. (computing) pixel